http://www.sacmomsclub.com/home/Blog/wifemotherdaughtersister/8995 the past three weeks only come once,  maybe twice a year.  thankfully.  i totally 100% love my mother but life is very different when she is here.  she is slow.  i'm not talking slow, i'm talking sssllllooooowwwww.  and always wanting to go somewhere. my child is 2 and 1/2 and chasing her is like chasing the wind.  only successful if it's in a totally contained environment, with no exits to slip through. on average i spend about $75 a month on gas.  i don't drive very much, and never once the sun goes down.  i know i sound like i'm 87, but in fact i'm a homebody.  with this strange trio, these past few weeks have turned my life upside-down.  not only have i ventured into corners of sacramento that i never would have on my own, i have even left the sacramento area altogether.  this coming from a gal who doesn't even venture out into the suburbs, preferably not even past numbered streets in sacramento.  the three of us have eaten in restaurants, attempted shopping in stores, have frolicked in the ocean and have nibbled on corn dogs and a yard of lemonade at a county fair.  ( i don't know where i just know the local phone numbers were not 916) so if you see a threesome with a toddler leading the way, running at a giggly speed, a frantic mother trying to chase her and maintain a shred of class, and a grandmother waaayyyyy in the back saying hello to strangers, that is us.  we are probably on our way to another destination where inevitably baby and i will end up waiting in the car for sweet, slow and totally happy to be here grammie. the past three weeks only come once,  maybe twice a year.  thankfully.  i totally 100% love my mother but life is very different when she is here.  she is slow.  i'm not talking slow, i'm talking sssllllooooowwwww.  and always wanting to go somewhere. my child is 2 and 1/2 and chasing her is like chasing the wind.  only successful if it's in a totally contained environment, with no exits to slip through. on average i spend about $75 a month on gas.  i don't drive very much, and never once the sun goes down.  i know i sound like i'm 87, but in fact i'm a homebody.  with this strange trio, these past few weeks have turned my life upside-down.  not only have i ventured into corners of sacramento that i never would have on my own, i have even left the sacramento area altogether.  this coming from a gal who doesn't even venture out into the suburbs, preferably not even past numbered streets in sacramento.  the three of us have eaten in restaurants, attempted shopping in stores, have frolicked in the ocean and have nibbled on corn dogs and a yard of lemonade at a county fair.  ( i don't know where i just know the local phone numbers were not 916) so if you see a threesome with a toddler leading the way, running at a giggly speed, a frantic mother trying to chase her and maintain a shred of class, and a grandmother waaayyyyy in the back saying hello to strangers, that is us.  we are probably on our way to another destination where inevitably baby and i will end up waiting in the car for sweet, slow and totally happy to be here grammie. en-us Your "grammie" sounds just like my Nana. I too spent the week driving everyone around, listening to my teen whine the whole time, spent a fortune on resteraunts and gas, and shopped till I dropped. I'm SOOO happy to be home today, I could kiss my couch. Like you, it only comes once a year though. I told myself that all week! http://www.sacmomsclub.com/home/Blog/wifemotherdaughtersister/8995/#c_80755 http://www.sacmomsclub.com/home/Blog/wifemotherdaughtersister/8995/#c_80755 Your "grammie" sounds just like my Nana. I too spent the week driving everyone around, listening to my teen whine the whole time, spent a fortune on resteraunts and gas, and shopped till I dropped. I'm SOOO happy to be home today, I could kiss my couch. Like you, it only comes once a year though. I told myself that all week! Ugh, my mom is the exact same way. So slow! And so very late to everything. It drives me crazy, but my daughter, also 2, loves her and we always fun when we are together. We've also had a ton of family around and I really enjoyed last night, our first quiet evening in forever! http://www.sacmomsclub.com/home/Blog/wifemotherdaughtersister/8995/#c_80756 http://www.sacmomsclub.com/home/Blog/wifemotherdaughtersister/8995/#c_80756 Ugh, my mom is the exact same way. So slow! And so very late to everything. It drives me crazy, but my daughter, also 2, loves her and we always fun when we are together. We've also had a ton of family around and I really enjoyed last night, our first quiet evening in forever! Bless her but my baggage is my mother -in - law.. I really do love her but she is so ooooo sloooowww and she is somewhat of a bag lady, always picking up cans and bottles for recycling purposes, she drives a BMW and it it full to the brim with bags of cans and bottles.. she lives in the small town of Navada city so we don't get to see her much, I love her but it is something that we have to take in small doses. http://www.sacmomsclub.com/home/Blog/wifemotherdaughtersister/8995/#c_80779 http://www.sacmomsclub.com/home/Blog/wifemotherdaughtersister/8995/#c_80779 Bless her but my baggage is my mother -in - law.. I really do love her but she is so ooooo sloooowww and she is somewhat of a bag lady, always picking up cans and bottles for recycling purposes, she drives a BMW and it it full to the brim with bags of cans and bottles.. she lives in the small town of Navada city so we don't get to see her much, I love her but it is something that we have to take in small doses.